Pressure fryer

Abstract

A pressure fryer is provided which can be used as an open fryer as well. A pressure fryer ( 1 ) has a casing ( 2 ) including an oil vat ( 4 ). At the rear of the oil vat ( 4 ), a support bar 14 is perpendicularly provided, which is capable of moving upward and downward and turning. A lid ( 13 ) is connected in a lateral state to a lateral portion ( 20 ) which is provided at the top of the support bar ( 14 ). The support bar is located at the upper limit position by the momentum of a spring. With this configuration, the lid ( 13 ) can retract from an area above the oil vat ( 4 ) by turning the support bar ( 14 ) in either right or left direction.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A pressure fryer comprising: 
       an oil vat which is provided in a casing for containing cooking oil and having an opening at the upper surface of the casing;  
       a heating means for heating the cooking oil;  
       a lid which is capable of sealing the opening of the oil vat, and  
       a supporting means for supporting the lid movably upward and downward in a horizontal state between a lower limit position in which the opening of the oil vat is sealed and an upper limit position in which the opening is provided,  
       wherein the supporting means has a laterally moving means for retracting the lid from an area above the oil vat at the upper limit position.  
     
     
       2. A fryer as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the supporting means is a support bar which is connected to the lid at the upper portion thereof and perpendicularly provided to move upward and downward adjacent to the oil vat in the casing, and the support bar also serves as the laterally moving means by being provided turnably in a horizontal direction. 
     
     
       3. A fryer as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the lid is capable of turning from a horizontal state to a vertical state when the lid is retracted from the area above the oil vat. 
     
     
       4. A fryer as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the lid is capable of turning from a horizontal state to a vertical state when the lid is retracted from the area above the oil vat.